I suffered with depression really bad in my teens and 20s now im 36 i suffer with low mood still but fishing helps me so much. Its a way of escape. I totally get the putting on a face. I dont like to talk about it and by making everything a joke and using laughter i am able to avoid talking about something that i cant make sense of myself. How can i talk about something that i dont understand myself. When ever you are feeling down think of the things you love doing like fishing, etc and remember just because you think people don't like you that is not proof that they dont that is ur own thoughts that can be confused due to mental health. I love ur videos and ur a top bloke such a amazing personality. Anyone who is friends with you should feel honored to be ur friend. You are very entertaining and have such an amazing attitude towards fishing and full of great info. Take care and remember you are not alone. Mental health will try its best to confuse u in to thinking stuff thats not true. You never know the future i thought my life was over in my 20s but things have improved in my 30s i am not cured but its more so low mood then full on depression now. Take care and keep doing these videos they are great. You deserve way more subscribers. :-)
You sir are one incredible person! Thank you for gracing my TH-cam search for the lift fishing method... Not only the float you have most certainly lifted my mood... Thank you and don't ever stop what you do!!!!
1000% on the mental health benefits, my wife has struggled for years and has agreed to go with me this year and I know it will help her so much as it’s helped me and thousand others. I subbed and look forward to seeing where you take us, tight line and relaxed times.
It was great to see someone clearly enjoying his fishing. Not selling me anything. And talking so sensibly. It would be a pleasure to fish and spend time with you. Thanks for that. It was heartening 😎👍
I loved watching you talk about mental health issues more than watching you fish! What an inspiration. You have a new subscriber and I wish you all the best. What a gent
I stumbled across your channel this morning as I recently got back into fishing as a way of dealing with my own depression. Your description of the way it makes you feel really struck a chord with me. I watched it again with my wife and we were both in tears. When I was a kid we called Tench the 'doctor fish'. It turns out that all fish are doctor fish in their own way. Thank you so much. Tight lines and all the best.
Doctor fish! That's very true! Thank you for the kind message. I hope you are enjoying your return to fishing, and its giving you all the peace and relaxation it gives me 😊👍🎣
Steve, you are one of the nicest guys I have come across on the internet / videos / vlogs etc., and I am sure you are in the real world too. Keep safe, and be yourself. I wish you all the luck and happiness in the world, and a long and fruitful life. You really deserve true contentment and peace. The natural world is a wonderful starting place. Thank you. :0)
Hey there, my husband (a fellow angler) just shared your video with me. I am really moved by everything you’re saying. You have really changed our morning for the better and I wanted you to know that! A great psychotherapist and personal favorite of mine, talks about the ‘rippling’ affect -how we impact people beyond our perceivable reach. So thanks for the rippling dude....your message is so important. 🤟
Thank you. I'm so glad I've managed to help in my own small way. I said to myself that when I started filming my fishing for youtube that I would be happy if I could reach just one person to show them how much angling can help others as much as its helped me (hopefully without being too preachy and shoving it down peoples throats all the time and bumming people out😅). Hopefully sharing my stories and experiences here and there will help others discover ways to make days brighter in dark times. Keep smiling 😊👍🎣
Great video Steve! I live very close to ham green lake, so it’s my go to fishery for targeting Tench in really blissful surroundings. No luck this year yet, but have had a nice Bream, and plenty of Rudd and eels! Well done for highlighting the mental health benefits of fishing too.
❤ Steve your touched me with your talk about fishing and depression. I so recognize what you are saying. Your not alone thanks for sharing mate, I wish you all the best and tight lines. Martijn
Stay strong great video and fishing can cure many a mind it got me through a lot of dark times and keep talking it helps its not week to talk mental health and its much better then the alternatives.And a ice tinea always makes you smile
Thanks for a great, great video and, thanks for your openess and honesty. I make no claim to understanding depression or anxiety, both beyond my understanding, however you made things very clear and approachable. I agree, wholeheartedly, about being out in nature, for me it is about soaking up the, freely, available energy and recharging the batteries, even if it means an afternoon snooze in the chair. Congratulations on th PB Tinca, stunning fish. Looking forward to the next instalment, tight lines.
Love the videos. You look anxious, don't worry when I do something I enjoy I am always anxious. Willing something to happen to make it an even better experience. It's odd. Maybe your depression is a hormone imbalance, worth checking. I always feel better in nature or keeping myself busy.
Absolutely loved this video. Really well presented and put together. I love the excitement of fishing the lift for tench. Can’t beat the little knocks on the float and when it starts bubbling in the swim the excitement builds. Keep up the good work and tight lines!
Another great video. These are my escapism and I really enjoy it. You are so knowledgeable about both the fish and location but also that birdsong...so relaxing. Congrats on the tench!
Good vid, i would have gone onto the sweetcorn or pellets earlier like you said you were going to instead of maggots, i reckon you would have had a few more tench instead of the little Rudd n perch. I too suffer badly from depression so thanks for sharing your struggles, it helps when you realise your not alone.
Thank you Steve this may be my next day I havent been there since a kid mum would take me and a mate in the summer holidays we could fish and she could read her book! Perfect 😄 need some of that mental health re charge, sometimes I sit on the bank and remember how little we really need to be happy the day is never long enough before having to drudge back to the sick society treadmill ! I dropped my phone in bathurst basin last week weirdly I didn't even care it was quite liberating infact 😄 I won't be going back there sadly as the imagrants that hang around don't understand personal space and manners one particular guy is there every day I think and makes a b line to sit right with me all day 🙈
Hi Steve really enjoyed your video I’ve never finished ham green always wanted to just never got around to it, is it a day ticket? Was working close to the lake a few years ago and had a look around looks nice there just assumed it gets hammered as it is a small lake didn’t realise it was 2 lakes
Thank you! I know I'm not the only one suffering, but, when black dog visits that's how I feel. I'm now coming 62 & depression has followed me since the age of 12, I need the release that nature gives, whether out with my bins doing a bit of birding or sat on the bank anticipating the next fish, it's raining, its windy, it's boiling hot or freezing cold, anything is better than feeling that there's a heavy dark blanket draped over me. I am here for anyone who wishes to drop a comment & help each other defeat our hidden enemy. Go quietly amidst the noise & haste & remember what peace may be found in silence....🐟🪱🎣👍
I suffered with depression really bad in my teens and 20s now im 36 i suffer with low mood still but fishing helps me so much. Its a way of escape. I totally get the putting on a face. I dont like to talk about it and by making everything a joke and using laughter i am able to avoid talking about something that i cant make sense of myself. How can i talk about something that i dont understand myself. When ever you are feeling down think of the things you love doing like fishing, etc and remember just because you think people don't like you that is not proof that they dont that is ur own thoughts that can be confused due to mental health. I love ur videos and ur a top bloke such a amazing personality. Anyone who is friends with you should feel honored to be ur friend. You are very entertaining and have such an amazing attitude towards fishing and full of great info. Take care and remember you are not alone. Mental health will try its best to confuse u in to thinking stuff thats not true. You never know the future i thought my life was over in my 20s but things have improved in my 30s i am not cured but its more so low mood then full on depression now. Take care and keep doing these videos they are great. You deserve way more subscribers. :-)
What an amazing chap you are steve , for taking time out for people with an illness and how you combat yours, thankyou for your videos 👍🏻
You sir are one incredible person! Thank you for gracing my TH-cam search for the lift fishing method... Not only the float you have most certainly lifted my mood... Thank you and don't ever stop what you do!!!!
1000% on the mental health benefits, my wife has struggled for years and has agreed to go with me this year and I know it will help her so much as it’s helped me and thousand others. I subbed and look forward to seeing where you take us, tight line and relaxed times.
It was great to see someone clearly enjoying his fishing. Not selling me anything. And talking so sensibly. It would be a pleasure to fish and spend time with you. Thanks for that. It was heartening 😎👍
Truly a breath of fresh air
I loved watching you talk about mental health issues more than watching you fish! What an inspiration. You have a new subscriber and I wish you all the best. What a gent
I stumbled across your channel this morning as I recently got back into fishing as a way of dealing with my own depression. Your description of the way it makes you feel really struck a chord with me. I watched it again with my wife and we were both in tears. When I was a kid we called Tench the 'doctor fish'. It turns out that all fish are doctor fish in their own way. Thank you so much. Tight lines and all the best.
Doctor fish! That's very true!
Thank you for the kind message.
I hope you are enjoying your return to fishing, and its giving you all the peace and relaxation it gives me 😊👍🎣
Steve, you are one of the nicest guys I have come across on the internet / videos / vlogs etc., and I am sure you are in the real world too. Keep safe, and be yourself. I wish you all the luck and happiness in the world, and a long and fruitful life. You really deserve true contentment and peace. The natural world is a wonderful starting place. Thank you. :0)
Hey there, my husband (a fellow angler) just shared your video with me. I am really moved by everything you’re saying. You have really changed our morning for the better and I wanted you to know that! A great psychotherapist and personal favorite of mine, talks about the ‘rippling’ affect -how we impact people beyond our perceivable reach. So thanks for the rippling dude....your message is so important. 🤟
Thank you. I'm so glad I've managed to help in my own small way.
I said to myself that when I started filming my fishing for youtube that I would be happy if I could reach just one person to show them how much angling can help others as much as its helped me (hopefully without being too preachy and shoving it down peoples throats all the time and bumming people out😅).
Hopefully sharing my stories and experiences here and there will help others discover ways to make days brighter in dark times.
Keep smiling 😊👍🎣
He m8 i love your story. ❤. Nice place to fishing and be your self
Thanks for your honesty pal
Great video Steve! I live very close to ham green lake, so it’s my go to fishery for targeting Tench in really blissful surroundings. No luck this year yet, but have had a nice Bream, and plenty of Rudd and eels! Well done for highlighting the mental health benefits of fishing too.
❤ Steve your touched me with your talk about fishing and depression. I so recognize what you are saying. Your not alone thanks for sharing mate, I wish you all the best and tight lines. Martijn
Stay strong great video and fishing can cure many a mind it got me through a lot of dark times and keep talking it helps its not week to talk mental health and its much better then the alternatives.And a ice tinea always makes you smile
Thanks for a great, great video and, thanks for your openess and honesty. I make no claim to understanding depression or anxiety, both beyond my understanding, however you made things very clear and approachable. I agree, wholeheartedly, about being out in nature, for me it is about soaking up the, freely, available energy and recharging the batteries, even if it means an afternoon snooze in the chair. Congratulations on th PB Tinca, stunning fish. Looking forward to the next instalment, tight lines.
Love the videos. You look anxious, don't worry when I do something I enjoy I am always anxious. Willing something to happen to make it an even better experience. It's odd.
Maybe your depression is a hormone imbalance, worth checking. I always feel better in nature or keeping myself busy.
Great video . I haven't been to Ham Green Lake for nearly 50 years , it was a magical place back then and still looks magical now .
Absolutely loved this video. Really well presented and put together. I love the excitement of fishing the lift for tench. Can’t beat the little knocks on the float and when it starts bubbling in the swim the excitement builds. Keep up the good work and tight lines!
Another great video. These are my escapism and I really enjoy it. You are so knowledgeable about both the fish and location but also that birdsong...so relaxing. Congrats on the tench!
I like your style
Such true words spoken about going fishing, problem I'm having is making myself go.
I just found this and thank you so much for a truly great vid, thank you so much. Best wishes Jim
Love ham green lakes caught my pb for carp and bream there. Would love to fish with you some time there
Good vid, i would have gone onto the sweetcorn or pellets earlier like you said you were going to instead of maggots, i reckon you would have had a few more tench instead of the little Rudd n perch. I too suffer badly from depression so thanks for sharing your struggles, it helps when you realise your not alone.
You should definitely try bullock farm over in Kingston Seymour, great variety of fish and lovely surroundings.
I've certainly heard of it and added it to my list of places to visit. Perhaps for some Perch! Thanks for the tip 👍
Thank you Steve this may be my next day I havent been there since a kid mum would take me and a mate in the summer holidays we could fish and she could read her book! Perfect 😄 need some of that mental health re charge, sometimes I sit on the bank and remember how little we really need to be happy the day is never long enough before having to drudge back to the sick society treadmill ! I dropped my phone in bathurst basin last week weirdly I didn't even care it was quite liberating infact 😄 I won't be going back there sadly as the imagrants that hang around don't understand personal space and manners one particular guy is there every day I think and makes a b line to sit right with me all day 🙈
Great fishing! Lovely looking lake, I was going to fish this on the weekend, what was your reel lines breakage strain?
How far was you fishing out?
Hi Steve really enjoyed your video I’ve never finished ham green always wanted to just never got around to it, is it a day ticket? Was working close to the lake a few years ago and had a look around looks nice there just assumed it gets hammered as it is a small lake didn’t realise it was 2 lakes
Hi mate, where is the location please?
Thank you! I know I'm not the only one suffering, but, when black dog visits that's how I feel. I'm now coming 62 & depression has followed me since the age of 12, I need the release that nature gives, whether out with my bins doing a bit of birding or sat on the bank anticipating the next fish, it's raining, its windy, it's boiling hot or freezing cold, anything is better than feeling that there's a heavy dark blanket draped over me. I am here for anyone who wishes to drop a comment & help each other defeat our hidden enemy. Go quietly amidst the noise & haste & remember what peace may be found in silence....🐟🪱🎣👍